Timelapse of the change in control around Bakhmut since 14th December. Recent Russian advances in nearby Soledar have increased pressure on defences north of the city. https://t.co/il7iax1Ntb

🇷🇺 advanced north of the city's eastern industrial area.

A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 10/01/23. https://t.co/EZARcM9Icl

Dorozhnyanka is contested after gradual 🇺🇦 advances of the past days.

A close-up map of the approximate situation around the city of Bakhmut.

🇷🇺 have advanced further within Soledar
🇷🇺 have also achieved several smaller advances along the front between Bakhmut and Soledar

A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 11/01/23. https://t.co/xmMu2457GW

🇷🇺 forces continued to advance within Soledar and the surrounding areas.

🇷🇺 advanced further today within the town of Soledar, pushing out the remaining 🇺🇦 defenders from the centre.

The vast majority of the settlement has now been occupied with 🇺🇦 retaining a small portion on the western outskirts.

A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 12/01/23. https://t.co/GRqcSaPw9C

A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 13/01/23. https://t.co/4ypk0IuJHR

🇷🇺 have advanced south of Soledar into the outskirts of Krasna Hora.

🇷🇺 forces have advanced around Krasna Hora and towards Paraskoviivka.

🇷🇺 have also entered the eastern residential outskirts of Bakhmut.

A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 14/01/23. https://t.co/NXlIwSuwz6

A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 15/01/23. There have been no notable changes to control since the last update. https://t.co/QcGdu5Jww5

🇷🇺 have advanced North of Soledar, and the settlement of Sil' is now contested.

🇷🇺 have reached the edges of the Soledar satellite settlement of Sil'.

A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 16/01/23. There have been no notable changes to control since the last update. https://t.co/MX2m5EoVdE

A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 17/01/23. https://t.co/00IU8bM3c9

🇷🇺 forces continued their advances around Soledar, taking control of the western areas of the city as well as the satellite settlement of Sil'.

🇷🇺 completed the capture of Soledar and Sil'

🇷🇺 have entered more residential areas of northeastern Bakhmut

🇷🇺 took control of industrial buildings at the southeastern entrance to the city